MEXICO: Prod from the Right

Oaxaca, dotted with old Spanish churches and
circled by yet older Zapotecan pyramids, was a troublous city.
Businessmen, with support of the people, had struck against the state
government. Last week not a shop was open (except for druggists and
undertakers). The Institute of Arts and Sciences had closed its
classes. A thousand federal troops patrolled the streets, blockaded
roads leading into the city. Most of the 35,000 inhabitantswith women
& children in the vanparaded the streets in the sort of protest
against local political bosses that was sweeping Mexico like a...